Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-25

touch them and they will come out
all right.
The new county officers will as
sumo their respective stations" next
Tuesday.
Taxes must be paid by next Mon
day, or the penalty and interest will
be added.
The steamer Clara Brown left yester-
day, with large boom of cedar logs,
from the Eastside.
Frank Crosby now resident of
Portland, has been visiting relatives in
town during the past week.
Mr.. Francis Henry will open a law
and conveyancing Office in the front
room of the Odd Fellows Hall.
Agreeably to the suggestion of the
STANDARD, few days ago, the street
lamps have been rooted with tin.
A pretty good idea of the Oakland
dredger can be obtained by examining
the plan of that big maching now to
to be seen at the Northern Pacific Ex-
press Office.
Mr.. John F. Convey will deliver a
lecture before the students Of the COM
mercial department at the Collegiate
Institute, next Friday, at halt past 2
o'clock p. NJ.
The price of eggs has advanced to
50 cents. Potatoes sell readily at
80 cents. Butter commands IS and
60 cents per roll. Hay, loose, sells at
SIG, and baled $1S, per ton.
A slight fall of snow has occurred
almost every night, the past week, but
it has disappeared under the warm
rays of the sun, which have daily sue
ceeded the chill of the night winds.
Mr.. w. s. Bush, a member of the
Washington Cd. c. legal fraternity,
brother -in-law of Mr.. Samuel Stork, of
this city. is visiting here and taking in
the scenery of our Territory. Mr.. Bush
is accompanied by his wife and son.
Mr.. Clarence Coulter has been APP
pointed administrator of the estate of
Rachael A. Tilley, deceased, and Fran
els A.. Hoffman of the Barker estate,
in place of Mr.. Mcdonald, who had
resigned the trust as executor of the
will.
Mr.. We. Anderson, Of Vancouver.
is in the city, and informs his friends
that he will reinoe his family here n
. short time and occupy his former
residence. Thus it is only repeating
the old story that Olympia turns out
to be the best place, after all.
The fgurative reporter of this paper
estimates that if the time already
spent by the people of Olympia in the
effort to solve the prisoner problem
could have been applied to harbor i'm
provement, it would have accomplished
quite as much as the Umatilla did in
her two days labor.
Another department meeting has
been called by Chief Engineer Allen,
for this evening, to consider the action
Of the City Council in curtailing GER
tain privileges OF the fire organiza-
ton. It is hoped that wise counsels
will prevail in its deliberations, as well
as in those of the Council.
It is said that Of the 500 or more stu
dents at the jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, Pa, Washington Terri
tory's representatives stand highest for
attainments. The graduating class
includes young man named Gose,
of Walla -Walla, and Mr.. Redpath,
formerly with Gen. McKenny, Of this
place.
It seems that the sassity" folks
generally boycotted the fireman's ball,
Tuesday evening, and were conspic-
nous for their absence, Notwithstanding
the object was quite as meritorious as
that Of purchasing q church organ.
This is poor return to the people who
10 generally opened their wallets to
make the Mikado financial success.
The Post Intelligencer is mistaken in
its statement that the Olympia peo-
pie have given up the project for har-
Dor improvement by dredging and pro-
pose to rebuild the wharf on Westside.
No such idea is entertained by any
body here; but all are patiently wait
ing for fair weather to adopt some one
! Of the several plans proposed for max
ing deep-water channel.
Mr.. w. Boyer, a farmer living on
the Hicklin place, about 18 miles from
town, fell from Long bridge, near Ellis
warehouse, last evening, while on his
way home, and sustained very severe
injuries. 1t is thought that he must
have fallen against some of the tim
bers of the "gridiron," as three ribs
and his right arm, at the wrist, were
broken. He is now at Young's hotel,
undergoing surgical treatment.
man named George Smith was
arrested by Marshal Guyot, Saturday
last, on charge of petit larceny, for
stealing pair of pants from the New